What if the Sonics get Oden?

Greg Oden is a franchise center any franchise would love to have. But it feels like there’s a groundswell of momentum behind ranking Kevin Durant as a more spectacular talent. While most draft projections have Oden going No. 1 to the Blazers, don’t be shocked if it doesn’t happen. And, judging by this obsessive blog, which rates this a possible Sam Bowie-Michael Jordan situation, many in Portland would support the 11th-hour gambit.

If that happens, it stands to reason that the Sonics would redouble their efforts to re-sign Rashard Lewis — a similar player to Durant — and one or two of the three-project logjam in the paint — Robert Swift, Johan Petro and Mouhamed Sene — would become trade bait, which probably was the case anyway.

The Blazers are pulling the strings; they decide if the Sonics go with Plan A or Plan B, which could be strikingly different.